I know people will chew at me for this, but I liked the score as I heard it in the film. This film is set decades after the first film, and Silvestri's score just would not have fit in this film. Two different eras. While I wish there were more themes present, I actually liked what I heard. I haven't heard the Intrada CD or the iTunes release yet but based on the film I liked it. Away from the film I cant judge it yet.

I know people will chew at me for this, but I liked the score as I heard it in the film. This film is set decades after the first film, and Silvestri's score just would not have fit in this film. Two different eras. While I wish there were more themes present, I actually liked what I heard. I haven't heard the Intrada CD or the iTunes release yet but based on the film I liked it. Away from the film I cant judge it yet.

I know people will chew at me for this, but I liked the score as I heard it in the film. This film is set decades after the first film, and Silvestri's score just would not have fit in this film. Two different eras. While I wish there were more themes present, I actually liked what I heard. I haven't heard the Intrada CD or the iTunes release yet but based on the film I liked it. Away from the film I cant judge it yet.

The Avengers was set decades after the first tilm too, and Silvestri's score worked just fine....

I know people will chew at me for this, but I liked the score as I heard it in the film. This film is set decades after the first film, and Silvestri's score just would not have fit in this film. Two different eras. While I wish there were more themes present, I actually liked what I heard. I haven't heard the Intrada CD or the iTunes release yet but based on the film I liked it. Away from the film I cant judge it yet.

The Avengers was set decades after the first tilm too, and Silvestri's score worked just fine....

HAHAHAHA Silvestri's score for Avengers was hardly a shining example of classical film scoring. It was dripping with modern action music style. The Avengers theme was decent but the rest of it was as forgettable as The A-Team. Then again, aside from the march, Silvestri's Captain America was hardly a good example of classical film scoring either. Sure it was closer than Captain America 2 but that doesn't make it Back to the Future.

HAHAHAHA Silvestri's score for Avengers was hardly a shining example of classical film scoring. It was dripping with modern action music style. The Avengers theme was decent but the rest of it was as forgettable as The A-Team. Then again, aside from the march, Silvestri's Captain America was hardly a good example of classical film scoring either. Sure it was closer than Captain America 2 but that doesn't make it Back to the Future.

Yeah I never understood why people believe Silvestri's CA:TFA and Avengers score was a full on classical orchestral score. It isn't. Just compare it to Shearmur's Sky Captain. I think Silvestri is just as capable as Jackman and the like to come up with a modern contemporary score for the sequel, but that's neither here nor there.

HAHAHAHA Silvestri's score for Avengers was hardly a shining example of classical film scoring. It was dripping with modern action music style. The Avengers theme was decent but the rest of it was as forgettable as The A-Team. Then again, aside from the march, Silvestri's Captain America was hardly a good example of classical film scoring either. Sure it was closer than Captain America 2 but that doesn't make it Back to the Future.

Yeah I never understood why people believe Silvestri's CA:TFA and Avengers score was a full on classical orchestral score. It isn't. Just compare it to Shearmur's Sky Captain. I think Silvestri is just as capable as Jackman and the like to come up with a modern contemporary score for the sequel, but that's neither here nor there.

Agreed. Imagine what Williams, Horner, Poledouris, Kamen, Silverstri could have done if these films were released in the 80's?

We might get one establish theme that shows up maybe twice in an entire film. It's all we are going to get nowadays.

Listening to this now, and I really like it. It's different - not only from the superhero score tradition, but also from the recent Zimmer onslaught (both of which I also like for their own merits). I do also appreciate the weird Winter Soldier track and its ilk - it's not a track I would likely queue up on its own, but it fits the character, the tone of the film, and the score as a whole in my opinion.

After reading the complaining, I was expecting a lot more electronic/dissonance, but there they are: orchestral cues, some rousing and some lovely and some tense, all over every non-action track. "The Smithsonian," "An Old Friend," "Taking a Stand," "Frozen in Time," etc - that's just in the first half of the score.

I wanted to jump in back to the discussion before about how somehow a more orchestral approach wouldn't fit. Having been an avid viewer of Agents of SHIELD as well, I think Bear McCreary's largely orchestra-focused score fits the show just fine and a similar approach would work great in Captain America 2.

I wanted to jump in back to the discussion before about how somehow a more orchestral approach wouldn't fit. Having been an avid viewer of Agents of SHIELD as well, I think Bear McCreary's largely orchestra-focused score fits the show just fine and a similar approach would work great in Captain America 2.

But isn´t that argument only based on personal preference?

As long as one could actually make a point about Jackman´s score and orchestration not working for the movie, this is leading nowhere, isn´t it?

Funny I have the opposite feeling about the music in SHIELD. Not that I don't like a more orchestral approach but I find the music in the show a bit "off" and silly sounding. So much that I find it detracts from enjoying the show sometimes. Prob due more to McCreary then it having an orchestral score. Don't think he is as good as the pedestal everyone around here puts him on.

Funny I have the opposite feeling about the music in SHIELD. Not that I don't like a more orchestral approach but I find the music in the show a bit "off" and silly sounding. So much that I find it detracts from enjoying the show sometimes. Prob due more to McCreary then it having an orchestral score. Don't think he is as good as the pedestal everyone around here puts him on.

Well Agents of SHIELD is a bit on the silly side at times so I think that fits. Though that is a good point.